“Then the channels of waters were seen, and the foundations of the world were discovered at thy rebuke, O Lord, at the blast of the breath of thy nostrils.”
The assertion that God sent arrows and scattered them and lightning in abundance discomfited them portrays divine offensive against enemies. The arrows suggest rapid strikes against dispersed enemies. The lightning suggests divine power manifest through natural forces. This verse depicts God employing cosmic weaponry against the speaker's foes.
Church Fathers on Psalms 18:15
To the end, for the servant of the Lord, David himself. 1. That is, for the strong of hand, Christ in His Manhood. “The words of this song which he spoke to the Lord on the day when the Lord delivered him out of the hands of his enemies, and of the hand of Saul; and he said, On the day when the Lord delivered him out of the hands of his enemies and of the hand of Saul:” namely, the king of the Jews, whom they had demanded for themselves. 1 Samuel 8:5 For as “David” is said…
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